I can't finish one but I keep buying

[jameschampion]

just finished clearing the dust and have not finished a project in over a year. Yet I can't stop buying more kits.



maybe when I retire ?
Happy modeling
James

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That is what I do. I got a stock pile for future non working times.

[Deleted]

Welcome to Plastic-haulics Anonymous. We can help you with you problem!

[gatormarcstaug]

James,
Nice little stash of plastic you have there.

I started building truck models In 1970. After I got out of the Marine Corps and got married. And I have been buying and building models off and on ever since. I don't have near as many truck models as Tim ( the Peterbuilt man) has. But I have I guess almost 300 tractors.
Over the years I have missed many different offering of kits and or resin. Due to poor timing for my circumstances at the time.

Now I am retired, I moved to the Philippines Dec of 2012. and have moved house once since then. I am in the process of building my Man Cave ( model workshop). I hope to finish that as soon as I get back home the end of November. While I am here in the States I am buying all sorts of kits supplies, resin etc. To ship home. Hobby shops where I live are rare as hens teeth.

Through the years I have started models put them away and brought them back out again. I have projects I started back in the mid 80's that need to be brought out and finished. I have two Ford dump trucks that were on the workbench in Miami for Hurricane Andrew that need to be finished. I have several large plastic bins full of built ups in need of repair. Not to mention all the unfinished projects.

When I get to building I will almost always wind up with two or three projects on the bench at the same time. And At home I have two workbenches. A small one upstairs in the den. And the big one down in the Cave!! lol

But I think that it is just part of being in the hobby, that you will have more than one project going at a time. And for me it is the build time all the sanding and filing painting that I enjoy. I finish models but rarely do I finish them all the way. Adding the final details like tags fuel sticker etc. I enjoy the build more than the finished product. I do not try to replicate any particular vehicle. Tending more to build it to look good and or be a one of special build or as they say purpose built.

So my advice is to build it your way in your own time, and as many projects on the bench as you have room for. Keep on buying kits when you can. So that you have something to do when you retire. You have no idea how nmportant that will be. Once you retire!!! Trust me I meet retired guys all the time .Who are sitting around in the bars smoking and drinking all day long .Complaining that they have nothing to do!! ??


I hope all this makes sense to you all.

Be Well
Gator

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Well said Marc. Thats what I do is buy when I can and build when I can't afford them or save them for when I really don't have work anymore.

[rnagle]

Another reason to get 'em now is, kits can go off the market surprisingly quickly - even the "bread & butter" ones you think will always be there. Specialty items such as resin wheels and detail parts are especially important to stock up on when you can find them as the folks who make these items typically do so as they can make time available after full time jobs etc.